Comments on First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't EndTypePad2008-09-10T11:42:14ZAndy Towlehttp://www.towleroad.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://www.towleroad.com/2008/09/hadron-collider/comments/atom.xml/D.R.H. commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef010534a81a72970c2008-09-14T00:30:03Z2008-09-14T00:30:04ZD.R.H.Isn't it called the Hadron Collider? So the "First Hadron Collider Test" would not be misleading at all.<p>Isn&#39;t it called the Hadron Collider? So the &quot;First Hadron Collider Test&quot; would not be misleading at all. </p>Will commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349954d6970b2008-09-11T08:44:20Z2008-09-11T08:44:20ZWillGiven that the major unified psychics and Mayan calendar prediction is for the world to snuff it on Dec. 21st,...<p>Given that the major unified psychics and Mayan calendar prediction is for the world to snuff it on Dec. 21st, 2012 (12/21/12), it seems unlikely that a few researchers will be able to pre-empt what has been ordained on the Discovery and History Channels. Don&#39;t try to argue quantum physics when the chick freaking out and stoned on gas from the crack in the oracle chamber is saying you have 4 years before it all ends. </p>anon commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349f8049970c2008-09-11T03:23:36Z2008-09-11T03:23:37ZanonFunny you should say that because Higgs is called the "God" particle.<p>Funny you should say that because Higgs is called the &quot;God&quot; particle.</p>Jason commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01053498a3c1970b2008-09-11T01:50:05Z2008-09-11T01:50:06ZJasonPS Wouldn't it be hilarious if the collision just produced a picture of Jesus?<p>PS<br />
Wouldn&#39;t it be hilarious if the collision just produced a picture of Jesus?</p>Jason commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349f3385970c2008-09-11T01:41:26Z2008-09-11T01:41:27ZJasonThe headline is totally misleading. Like some others have pointed out, the actual collision tests haven't even been performed yet....<p>The headline is totally misleading. Like some others have pointed out, the actual collision tests haven&#39;t even been performed yet. I&#39;m really not sure why it is that we need to go about smashing atomic particles into each other anyway. Obviously humanity hasn&#39;t learned the lesson from the Atomic bomb that just because you can do something it doesn&#39;t mean that you should. I bet most of the folks that created such monsterous pain and despair had to have felt like total shitbags deep down in their souls. I don&#39;t know, it&#39;s crazy, we can push particles around a tube at near light speed, but can&#39;t manage to teach most Americans how to read. Mind blowing.</p>CW commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef010534984a03970b2008-09-10T23:41:43Z2008-09-10T23:41:43ZCWIf there was really a danger, extraterrestrial aliens would have stopped us by now. Or maybe angels. Someone call up...<p>If there was really a danger, extraterrestrial aliens would have stopped us by now. Or maybe angels.</p>
<p>Someone call up Palin&#39;s church in Wasilla, have them stop praying for the pipeline for a minute and start calling on God&#39;s protection from scientific research.</p>Chris commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349ec1e3970c2008-09-10T23:38:52Z2008-09-10T23:38:52ZChris Or is it that humanity's collective knowledge is no match for YOUR ignorance? Get some humility and realize you don't...<p>Or is it that humanity&#39;s collective knowledge is no match for YOUR ignorance?</p>
<p>Get some humility and realize you don&#39;t know enough to assess the risk, and then trust the opinions of those who have the knowledge and expertise to understand the situation.</p>Tom commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01053497754e970b2008-09-10T18:24:39Z2008-09-10T18:24:39ZTomMT, some physicists think it could happen and you call them ignorant reactionaries? I assume your authority on the subject...<p>MT, some physicists think it could happen and you call them ignorant reactionaries? I assume your authority on the subject comes from your vast knowledge of theoretical physics. It seems like every other day there&#39;s a new headline in the science pages about how researchers had previously thought A, but have discovered that the complete opposite, B, is in fact true--whether its in physics, biology, astronomy, medicine, etc. Personally I think it&#39;s unlikely the world will end, but I have little faith in the certainty of theoretical scientists. Our knowledge even at this point is far outweighed by our ignorance.</p>Bakeley commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349df855970c2008-09-10T18:03:53Z2008-09-10T18:03:53ZBakeleyThe headline is misleading here. They are just firing test beams at this point. They won't start colliding particles for...<p>The headline is misleading here. They are just firing test beams at this point. They won&#39;t start colliding particles for a few weeks yet, and THAT is what some say could create mini black holes. I don&#39;t know of anyone who said the world would end after test-firing these beams.</p>Will commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef010534974f96970b2008-09-10T17:49:07Z2008-09-10T17:49:08ZWillThe Earth has already passed thousands of predicted expiration dates. The year 1000 was predicted as apocalyptic just as 2000...<p>The Earth has already passed thousands of predicted expiration dates. The year 1000 was predicted as apocalyptic just as 2000 would later be. Some reactionaries predicted that mass telephone the television service would lead to the end of civilization as people became shut-ins and lost the ability to interact with each other. The one thing all the end of the world or end of civilization predictions have had in common is that to date they have all been wrong. Sure, someday the world will end and one of these predictions will then be proven correct, but the ratio of correct to incorrect will still be damned low. </p>le_sacre commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349737dc970b2008-09-10T17:08:07Z2008-09-10T17:08:07Zle_sacreconcerns about the LHC have been handled appropriately. it is just as improper to belittle those concerns as it is...<p>concerns about the LHC have been handled appropriately. it is just as improper to belittle those concerns as it is to blow them out of proportion. it&#39;s essential to have &quot;chicken little&quot; voices (such as, for example, those who predicted long ago that we were changing the earth&#39;s climate) in order to spur the scientific community to investigate how real such dangers are. we can then use the tools of science (as the LHC advisory boards did) to determine what the probabilities are of worst case scenarios.</p>
<p>unfortunately, people will always seize on rumors of end-times and ignore evidence to the contrary. but it&#39;s still good to be *appropriately* wary when creating conditions that may never before have occurred on earth (whether in a particle accelerator, in the oceans and atmosphere, or in a genetic engineering laboratory).</p>JeffRob commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349dbb7a970c2008-09-10T16:08:56Z2008-09-10T16:08:56ZJeffRobOoh, a hard-on collider! (thanks, kuj!)<p>Ooh, a hard-on collider!</p>
<p>(thanks, kuj!)</p>Jimmyboyo commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349da2e3970c2008-09-10T15:28:30Z2008-09-10T15:28:30ZJimmyboyoMT It was the same during the first nuke test. Some physicists swore and be damned that the test would...<p>MT</p>
<p>It was the same during the first nuke test. Some physicists swore and be damned that the test would ignite our atmosphere and burn the world to a cinder.</p>
<p>There are always chicken littles</p>Bading commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349d735a970c2008-09-10T14:15:49Z2008-09-10T14:15:50ZBadingWhereabouts of the Higgs Boson (as well as neutrinos, leptons and yes, top as well as bottom quarks) REVEALED!!! They...<p>Whereabouts of the Higgs Boson (as well as neutrinos, leptons and yes, top as well as bottom quarks) REVEALED!!! </p>
<p>They are hiding wherever the brains of repuglicans are hiding and we would need not just an LHC but a superconducting supercollider to detect those!!! </p>The Avatar of Blue commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01053496ba0d970b2008-09-10T13:20:47Z2008-09-10T13:20:47ZThe Avatar of Bluehttp://www.avatarofblue.comThe thing is, they weren't colliding the particles that was theorized to cause this black hole, they were only testing...<p>The thing is, they weren&#39;t colliding the particles that was theorized to cause this black hole, they were only testing to make sure the protons actually went around the track. The actual collision test won&#39;t occur until October 21.</p>
<p>http://en.rian.ru/world/20080805/115771418.html</p>
<p>P.S. I think it would be cosmically funny if we managed to destroy the world by pew-pew-pewing protons at each other.</p>Ender commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01053496aeec970b2008-09-10T12:51:35Z2008-09-10T12:51:35ZEnderTechnically, if the world ever could end from CERN, turning it on and running the first tests wouldn't do much...<p>Technically, if the world ever could end from CERN, turning it on and running the first tests wouldn&#39;t do much to prove the point either way. The particles whose collision might in theory create the black hole haven&#39;t started colliding yet, and won&#39;t for a couple weeks as they continue to test the beams out and then start accelerating particles to near light speed.</p>
<p>BTW, anyone care to venture a guess as to the ratio of bottom quarks to top quarks in the universe? Quarks are pretty nelly little subatomic particles... </p>SexyBack commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef0105349d36ed970c2008-09-10T12:35:33Z2008-09-10T12:35:33ZSexyBackThe evil side of me was hoping they'd relocate to Alaska at the last second and give a certain grandmother-to-be...<p>The evil side of me was hoping they&#39;d relocate to Alaska at the last second and give a certain grandmother-to-be her own personal rapture. *sigh*</p>kujhawker commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01053496a757970b2008-09-10T12:31:42Z2008-09-10T12:31:42ZkujhawkerWas it just me or did anyone else read the title of the post as "First HARDON Collider Test Successful...<p>Was it just me or did anyone else read the title of the post as &quot;First HARDON Collider Test Successful ...&quot;</p>
<p>I was thinking finally someone persuing science that applies to my day to day life, what does happen when two hardon&#39;s collide?</p>MT commented on 'First Hadron Collider Test Successful, World Doesn't End'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c730253ef01053496a6e9970b2008-09-10T12:30:46Z2008-09-10T12:30:47ZMTThe black-hole-ending-the-world argument against the LHC sounds about as plausible as the gays-getting-married-ending-the-world argument. Why are people such ignorant reactionaries?<p>The black-hole-ending-the-world argument against the LHC sounds about as plausible as the gays-getting-married-ending-the-world argument. Why are people such ignorant reactionaries?</p>